2-3 December
the second and third readings were finally carried. Labour
members opposed the Bill, mostly on the ground that it would
act wholly against the Spanish Government, and that no at-
tempt had been made to see that those nations—Germany,
Italy, and Portugal—who were backing the insurgents would
follow the same policy.
Four thousand men are reported to have joined the Govern-
ment at Barcelona.
THE NON-INTERVENTION COMMITTEE
The Non-intervention Committee have decided that the
plan for the prevention of the importation of arms and war
material into Spain at the principal points of entry by land and
sea shall be immediately sent by the British Government to the
two parties in Spain, and that the Chairman's Sub-Committee
shall take up the question of volunteers. The Portuguese repre-
sentatives, however, would not vote on the first proposal.
NEW ARMY UNIFORMS
The King inspected the new blue walking-out uniform which
Regular and Territorial soldiers will wear at the Coronation.
He suggested certain minor alterations.
PLAYS ABOUT QUEEN VICTORIA
The King has given his permission for plays concerning the
life of Queen Victoria to be licensed for production after
20 June, 1937, the centenary of Queen Victoria's Accession.
BLOTTO SERVICE
A new taxi-cab service has been inaugurated at Tulsa,
Oklahoma. When a citizen of Tulsa has passed so cheerful an
evening that he finds himself unable to drive his own car home
he can now ring up for a taxi, and on giving the words "Blotto
service" a cab arrives with two drivers. One takes the diner
home in the taxi and the other follows with his own car, thereby
saving the inhabitants of Tulsa much danger and inconvenience.
Thursday 3 THE KING
Nearly every paper now prints big accounts of an acute con-
stitutional crisis, as if the King had informed the Ministers of
his intention to marry Mrs. Simpson, and they had objected to
his choice.
In Parliament, Mr. Attlee asked the Prime Minister whether
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